Editing Thermal grease

''keep in mind that {{G|Thermal grease}} is a topic of much more unscientifically sentimental discussions than religion, sex and vegetarianism (not that there is anything wrong with any of those)'' 

== Properties ==
What makes a good {{G|Thermal grease}}?
* high heat conductivity / low thermal resistance
* non electrical conductive
* non capacitance
* long lasting

=== Comparison ===
* http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm
* http://www.aavid.com/product-group/interface/greases
* http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490
* http://benchmarkreviews.com/206/best-thermal-paste-application-methods/

==Factory Thermal grease types==
Application method used at factory is known as "rice grain"<!-- unknown if is made manually or automated by a machine maybe depends of the factory-->, is not efficient because there are areas of the IHS surface not covered with paste and this decreases the overall cooling performance

Along the PS3 production timelife there has been several thermal paste types used: white, blue <!-- and grey ? -->

Probably the thermal paste type used depends of the factory where the PS3 was manufactured and its production date

<!-- white is supposed to be ceramic based, blue and grey silicon based -->

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File:CECH-25xx CPU RSX Factory thermal paste application.jpg|Blue thermal paste, CECH-25xx manufactured in europe in production from July 2010 up to June 2011
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== Applying Thermal grease ==
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(How Thermal Compound Spreads on your PS3 By:NS©)

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(How to Apply the Precise Amount of Thermal Grease to a PS3 (40gb/Older "Fat" Model))

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(How Thermal Compound Spreads)

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(How To Apply Thermal Paste)

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(How to Remove and Apply Thermal Compound [Updated Tutorial])

== Shortlist of recommended Thermal grease ==
* Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound
* Deepcool Z10
* Thermal Grizzly kyronaut
* Shinetsu x23-7726 
* Shinetsu G-746 (for ihs heatsink, not recommended for processor/rsx cores)

<!--// not Arctic Silver 5, as it is capacitive //-->



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